Eizen, nicknamed “The Reaper”, is the skipper of Aifread’s pirates and he always makes his own decisions. Though he is a Malak (a spiritual being that can harness the power of nature), he sails the Van Eltia pirate ship on the open seas to follow his own creed. While looking for the missing Captain Van Aifread, he meets Velvet and joins her to fight their common enemy, the Abbey. His immense knowledge and experience of surviving the underworld will greatly help Velvet in her quest for revenge.

We also had introduced Eleanor previously but are now ready to announce she’ll be playable alongside the others! Despite their clear conflict of purpose, Eleanor becomes a member of Velvet’s party. What are the real intentions behind her actions?

Every Tales game has a skit system where the characters talk to each other outside of battles and cutscenes. It’s a great way to get to know everybody better. Discussions can range from serious emotional moments to funny scenes that have you dying of laughter.

For Tales of Berseria the skit system introduces a “cut-in” effect. Character illustrations are inserted into corresponding converstaions in a variety of ways. Sometimes a skit describes a single character’s facial expression, sometimes it shows a conversation among multiple characters. The expressions change depending on the cut. This new way of portraying enables the team to highlight characters’ relationships in the conversations.

The Switch Blast is a character switch system that enhances the degree of freedom in battles and expands strategic gameplay. Let’s delve into what this really means…

Switch Blast is the action that the player switch a character in battle to back up character.

The backup character has one more soul than usual when joining a battle. So, if a character in battle loses “Soul” and is at a disadvantage, a player can strategically utilize this action.

(1) When pushing down on the d-pad, a player can be switched with the targeted character (Magilou in this case)

(2) When Magilou joins the battle, she attacks.

Then, she has one more “Soul” added to the “Soul” she originally has.

When the backup character joins the battle that character is uses an attack.

Just push the up or down button on the d-pad to switch a battle member with a selected back up character. Switch Blast consumes 1 gauge of BG (Blast Gauge).

The Switch Blast is tied to a character’s Blast Gauge. As a reminder, this gauge is necessary to execute specific actions. In Tales of Berseria, this gauge can be filled predominantly by using “Break Soul”.

“Switch Blast” and “Mystic Artes” (to be revealed later) can be executed by consuming Blast Gauge.

If a player loses Soul, for example when they are inflicted with a status ailment, sometimes the player can find themselves in a tricky situation. In such a difficult situation, the player can overcome this danger by using Switch Blast.